Indolyrocephalus is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian belonging to the family Trematosauridae. It contains a single species, I. huxleyi, from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India.[1] It was initially classified in Gonioglyptus, then into its own genus Indolyrocephalus, and then back into Gonioglyptus[2], but is presently placed in Indolyrocephalus once again.[3][4]

Indolyrocephalus
Temporal range: Induan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Trematosauridae
Genus: Indolyrocephalus
Tripathi, 1969
Species:
I. huxleyi
Binomial name
Indolyrocephalus huxleyi
(Lydekker, 1882)
Synonyms

Gonioglyptus huxleyi Lydekker, 1882

References edit

  1. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Saswati; Ray, Sanghamitra (2020-03-01). "Gondwana Vertebrate Faunas of India: Their Diversity and Intercontinental Relationships". Episodes Journal of International Geoscience. 43 (1): 438–460. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020028.
  2. ^ Steyer, J. Sébastien (July 2002). "The First Articulated Trematosaur 'amphibian' from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: Implications for the Phylogeny of the Group". Palaeontology. 45 (4): 771–793. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260. ISSN 0031-0239.
  3. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Saswati; Ray, Sanghamitra (2020-03-01). "Gondwana Vertebrate Faunas of India: Their Diversity and Intercontinental Relationships". Episodes Journal of International Geoscience. 43 (1): 438–460. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020028.
  4. ^ Ezcurra, Martín D.; Bandyopadhyay, Saswati; Sengupta, Dhurjati P.; Sen, Kasturi; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Sookias, Roland B.; Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Butler, Richard J. (October 2023). "A new archosauriform species from the Panchet Formation of India and the diversification of Proterosuchidae after the end-Permian mass extinction". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (10). doi:10.1098/rsos.230387. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 10598453. PMID 37885992.